The concept of human security has evolved in two directions: (1) a comprehensivevision of security and development, and (2) a concretization of the concept ...

This article lays out a critical perspective on statebuilding in Afghanistan after 2001, arguing that the massive international intervention had ...

Based on different problematic and methodological perspectives and new sources, this book’s contributions lie in the close study of welfare beyond ...

In recent years there has been increasing academic interest in Islamism in the Middle East, not least in Palestinian Islamism championed by groups such ...

After Violence: Transitional Justice, Peace, and Democracy examines the effects of transitional justice on the development of peace and democracy. Anticipated ...

The Colombians rejected the peace agreement. Is the vote a ‘no’ to peace? In a landmark referendum on 2 October 2016, Colombian voters rejected ...

Efforts to promote human rights are increasingly being challenged. Sadly, a number of new worries have emerged this year.

Many asylum seekers who opt for assisted return come home to countries ruined by war and conflicts. More than half of the persons who return to countries like Afghanistan and Iraq plan to remigrate. Small and uncostly changes in the assisted return programme can increase the chances that people stay.

Born in a territory between North and South Sudan, politically speaking the author is from the North. However, like many Sudanese women, the author feels that being a Sudanese woman is what is important for her. It is as a Sudanese woman that she feels she has the liberty to speak about Sudanese women - regardless of their political and geographic affiliations.

As noted by British MEP Glyn Ford, 'genuine partnership in Europe can only develop on the basis of shared common values - in particular, democracy, ...

The Western-led efforts to establish a new post-Taliban order in Afghanistan are in serious trouble, and in this book Astri Suhrke sets out to explain ...

What is the relationship between the change in the structure of land ownership and the dynamics of armed conflict in the Columbian Pacific, and how is it related to the planting and exploitation of palm oil?

Why has the issue of decommissioning proved so difficult and divisive in these two deeply divided societies? Dr. Michael Kerr is a specialist in ethnic conflict regulation and power-sharing in divided societies.

The South China Sea (SCS) is a bitterly contested maritime battleground for state sovereignty, oil and gas and, perhaps above all, for the marine resources ...

Sudanese women activists do not use United Nations (UN) Security Council Resolution 1325 to claim rights. During my eight years of engagement with women’s ...

When Meles Zenawi, the national and ruling party leader for 21 years, died in August 2012, most observers predicted that Ethiopia would ...

Civil-military relations constitute a crucial element in the transition to substantive democracy all over the world. During periods of authoritarianism ...

This study was carried out as a collaborative effort between the Center of Studies and Scientific Research (CEIC) of the Catholic University of Angola ...

With the referendum on the self-determination of South Sudan scheduled for January 9, 2011, Sudan will enter the final phase covered by the Comprehensive ...

Read the public address of Gen Salva Kiir Mayardit on his return from the official visit to the United States of America.